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Family Planning Funds Restored to Mississippi Nonprofit
The Delta News - Mississippi
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MISSISSIPPI - The nonprofit that oversees federal family planning funds in Mississippi is back in action. Mississippi Today reports Converge had its $4.5 million Title X funding restored Wednesday three months after the money was withheld and one...
New Mississippi Laws: Direct Wine Shipments, Community Health Worker Program and More
Mississippi Free Press
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July 3, 2025
New Mississippi laws change how patients access physician-administered drugs, add a community health worker program to the Mississippi State Department of Health, authorize the direct shipment of wine and ban diversity, equity and inclusion...
Cordele man one of four charged with health care fraud
The Cordele Dispatch - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
Published 7:39 am Thursday, July 3, 2025 Two Tifton business owners charged in connection with largest Health Care Fraud enforcement action in U.S. Justice Department history As a part of the largest Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action in...
Evans to compete for Distinguished Young Woman of Mississippi
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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July 3, 2025
Published 12:04 pm Thursday, July 3, 2025 Chloe Evans. Submitted photo Distinguished Young Woman of Lauderdale County Chloe Evans will be one of 32 Mississippi high school seniors competing for more than $36,000 in college scholarships when the...
‘SURGERY COMING UP’: Ric Flair thanks fans after revealing latest health issues
Toronto Sun
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July 3, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Wrestling Ric Flair attends a press conference where July 31st was declared Ric Flair Day in Music City at the Nashville Fairgrounds on June 23, 2022 in Nashville. Photo by Jason Kempin /Getty Images Ric Flair has thanked...
Netherlands police embrace a public health approach to drugs. Will it work in the South?
WBHM 90.3 - Alabama
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July 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series examining the opioid crisis in the United States and the Gulf South, and comparing it to successful drug use harm reduction efforts in the Netherlands. You can read other entries in the series...
Mississippi teen charged with vehicular homicide following deadly Brick Church Pike crash
WZTV - Tennessee
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Nashville, Tenn. (WZTV) — An18 year old from Mississippi was arrested and charged in connection to a deadly Brick Church Pike crash. Metro Nashville Police say the crash happened Wednesday evening on the 2400 bock of Brick Church Pike. Police say...
Federal agency restores family-planning money to a Mississippi group
WDAM - Mississippi
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July 3, 2025
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - The nonprofit group that administers federal family planning money in Mississippi had its funding restored Wednesday, one month after it was forced to lay off half its staff and three months after its funding...
Mississippi man charged in fatal Nashville crash, police say
WSMV 4 - Tennessee
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July 3, 2025
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Mississippi man has been charged in connection with a fatal crash in Nashville on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. Officers responded to the 2400 block of Brick Church Pike on...
New Orleans owes more than $4 million to jail mental health wing builder, lawsuit alleges
Nola - Louisiana
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The City of New Orleans owes more than $4.4 million to the Metairie-based contractor building the controversial mental health addition to the troubled jail, the contractor alleged in a lawsuit filed last week. The suit from McDonnel Construction...
Health care fraud takedown
Adel News Tribune - Georgia
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July 2, 2025
On Tuesday, July 1, 2o25, Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare and other government programs. The charges filed in federal court...
Our Lady Health System Among Becker’s Hospital Review’s ‘150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare’
The Bogalusa Daily News - Louisiana
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July 2, 2025
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Baton Rouge, LA — Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) is proud to announce its recognition in Becker’s Hospital Review’s prestigious list of “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare”...
Mississippi Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Magnolia State News - Mississippi
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July 2, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in Mississippi, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...
Department of Justice Unveils Health Care Fraud Bust
The Delta News - Mississippi
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CORINTH - Two Mississippi pharmacists charged after a historic crackdown on health care fraud. The Sun-Sentinel reports the Justice Department has charged 324 people nationwide in a massive $14.6 billion health care fraud takedown, including two...
Map Shows Worst US States for Lung Health
Newsweek
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July 2, 2025
Due to a combination of smoking rates, regional climates and air pollution, the health of Americans' lungs varies immensely from state to state, according to a new report. A new study by Opera Beds, a specialist in clinically oriented mattresses...
Howard Industries Expands Mississippi Manufacturing Operations
Area Development
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July 2, 2025
Related Research Electrical distribution transformer and technology products manufacturer Howard Industries plans to expand its operations in Clarke County, Jones County, and Simpson County, Mississippi. The $236.95 million project is expected to...
California Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Golden State Today - California
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July 2, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in California, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...
Connecticut Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Constitution State News - Connecticut
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July 2, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in Connecticut, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...
Florence Bowman named to Spring 2025 Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Mississippi
The Moulton Advertiser - Alabama
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Florence Bowman, of Danville, was named to the University of Mississippi’s Spring 2025 Honor Roll list. Bowman, majoring in Integrated Marketing Communications, was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a...
Mississippi Agricultural Commissioner tours oyster farms, observes growing and harvesting
WLOX - Mississippi
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July 1, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson got his first look at the 466-acre Deer Island Aquaculture Park to see how oyster farmers are growing and harvesting Mississippi oysters. Like other homegrown crops, Gipson...